Welcome to 11th and 12th English!


First Day of Class Slideshow English 11/12


The Victorians, Aug. 26 2011


Charlotte Bronte, Aug. 26 2011


Vocab. project for Jane Eyre, Chapters 1-4 due on Wed. Sept.7

Read chapter 5 of Jane Eyre and complete vocab. for chapter 5.
Due Fri. Sept. 9.


http://ww2.nscc.edu/gerth_d/AAA0000000/barsch_inventory.htm


Barsch Inventory


http://ttc.coe.uga.edu/surveys/LearningStyleInv.html


Learning Style Inventory

OWL at Purdue
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Your 1st, 2nd and 3rd drafts for the Jane Eyre essay are due Friday, Nov,5 at the beginning of class.
Please be sure that the drafts are stapled in sequential order - 1,2,3.
If you were away today, Wed., on the Spanish field trip you are still responsible for getting your second draft edited by three peers and turning it on Friday.

Reflection for Things Fall Apart project



Please complete questions for chapters 1-2 of Things Fall Apart. Due printed out on Monday, Nov. 21.


Things Fall Apart, Chapters 3-6, Read the chapters and complete the questions. Please pay special attention to question 18. You must write a paragraph including the answers to all of the questions. Due on Tues. Nov. 29.



Things Fall Apart, Chapters 7-8, Read the chapters and complete the essay prompt assignment. Essays are due at the beginning of class on Friday, Dec. 2.



If you were absent for class today, Tues. Dec, 6. Please be prepared to turn in your outlines of chapters 9 and 10 of Things Fall Apart.
In class today we read chapters 11, 12 and 13 and completed questions over those chapters in small groups. Please see me upon your return to school to get the worksheets for chapters 7-13.

For Wed. Dec. 14, please finish reading Things Fall Apart. Listen to the itunesU commentary by Nimish Ajamani and complete your graphic organizer.

To listen to the critical analysis on itunesU
1. select itunes from the doc.
2. open itunes
3. select itunesU
4. type in Things Fall Apart in the search engine for itunes
5. scroll to the bottom of the page to podcast episodes
6. click on Things Fall Apart Critical Analysis by Nimish Ajamani
7. Listen to the entire podcast

Welcome back students! Happy 2012!

The Test for Things Fall Apart will be on Tues. Jan. 17. Please look at the attached study guide.


Today, I would like you to read an essay written by Achebe titled
"An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness." Use the following question(s) to guide your reading.



Directions for Research Paper


Sample Outline for Research Paper


Checklist for Internet Research


Sample Research Paper 1


Sample Research Paper 2
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/13/

Homework for Fri., Jan. 27. Due Tues. Jan.31 at the beginning of class.
Please correctly format ten sources that you will use for your research paper using MLA. This should include primary and secondary sources.

Homework for Tues. Feb. 21. Read pages 24-43 of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Answer questions 1-5.
Assignment is due on Fri. Feb. 24. Must be turned in at the beginning of class.



Homework for Tues. Mar. 6. Read pages 85-126 of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Answer questions 1-6.
Assignment is due on Thurs. Mar. 8. Must be turned in at the beginning of class.



Homework for Friday. Mar. 9, 2012. Read pages 127-164 of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Answer questions 1-4. Assignment is due Tues. Mar. 13, 2012 at the beginning of class.




[[file:Groups for 11:12 Debate.pdf]]
Debate Teams and Topics


Debate Format

You will have one week to research, prepare and practice for the debates. They will be held during class on Tues. March 20.

Homework for Wed. Mar. 21, Finish Reading The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Complete questions 1-9. This assignment is due at the beginning of class on Fri., Mar. 23.




In-class mini-research project.



Groups for Hamlet Video project


Directions for project


Video Storyboard